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Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS or Aids) is a set of symptoms and infections resulting from the damage to the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). This condition progressively reduces the effectiveness of the immune system and leaves individuals susceptible to opportunistic infections and tumors. HIV is transmitted through direct contact of a mucous membrane or the bloodstream with a bodily fluid containing HIV, such as blood, semen, vaginal fluid, preseminal fluid, and breast milk. This transmission can involve anal, vaginal or oral sex, blood transfusion, contaminated hypodermic needles, exchange between mother and baby during pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding, or other exposure to one of the above bodily fluids.

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Six patients with HIV who were given blood-cell transplants similar to one that cured a man known as "the Berlin patient" have died. Researchers say it's a major disappointment for efforts to cure infection with the AIDS virus.

A Mississippi girl born with the AIDS virus and in remission for years despite stopping treatment now shows signs that she still harbors HIV — and therefore is not cured. The news is a setback to hopes that very early treatment with powerful HIV drug...

Got a hot date? Spotify can be your sexy soundtrack with a curated “playlust” that sets the tone for a busy night with no annoying commercial interruptions. Just don’t forget the protection, folks. In a partnership with Lifebeat, a nonprofit AIDS pre...

A team of UCLA researchers found that Twitter and other real-time social media can be used to track HIV outbreaks and drug behavior, potentially helping detection and prevention efforts. The team's study, published in the journal Preventive Medicine ...

Fresh off winning Best Original Song for "Ordinary Love" at last month's Golden Globe Awards, U2 is teasing 60 seconds of its new song "Invisible" during a Super Bowl ad break. Facebook users, however, can get a an early listen of that song via U2's ...

Public-relations executive Justine Sacco issued an apology Sunday after publishing an offensive tweet that joked about AIDS and race, according to a report. "Words cannot express how sorry I am, and how necessary it is for me to apologize to the peop...

Perhaps the best thing that can be said about condoms is that they work. Once negotiated out of their crinkly wrappers, they reliably protect against pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV. They are simple to make, cheap to buy an...

Most Apple fans have become familiar with the company’s design chief, Jony Ive, through its promotional videos showing off the latest iPhone or iPad. But in a recently posted video presentation from Sotheby’s, viewers are treated to a rare instance i...

Nanobiosym, a nanotechnology firm based in Cambridge, Mass., has created a mobile device that can accurately test for HIV/AIDS in some of the most remote places on Earth, and do it in under an hour. Called Gene-Radar, the iPad sized piece of technolo...

AIDS, the epidemic that has ended 35 million lives and infected twice that number, may meet its own end within the lifetime of most people reading this article, experts say. "This isn't anymore about getting people the treatment only, or getting cond...

LUSAKA, Zambia -- Pastor Kangwa Chileshe leads a dual life. In addition to his mission work, Chileshe plays one of the lead characters in Zambian TV drama Love Games, in which he plays a divorcé pursuing a married woman embroiled in an abusive relati...

Can mobile phones help eliminate pediatric AIDS? "No," said Josh Nesbit, CEO of Medic Mobile, not on its own. But it turns out the people who have those mobile devices, Nesbit said, definitely can. At this year's Social Good Summit, Nesbit joined Anu...

ONE and (RED) have jointly launched (2015)QUILT, a digital crowd-sourced tapestry built in HTML5, to bring people together behind the cause of an AIDS-free generation by 2015. The launch coincides with World AIDS Day Dec. 1 and the 30th anniversary o...

The United Nations AIDS Program (UNAIDS) is calling for a "Prevention Revolution" today on World AIDS Day. UNAIDS is hoping to capitalize on last year's massive social media mobilization to get its hashtag -- #PreventionRevolution -- to trend worldwi...

Susan Smith Ellis is the CEO of (RED), a brand designed to engage business and consumer power to help eliminate AIDS in Africa. You can follow (RED) on Twitter: @joinred. We live in a world where the average person spends 13 hours online every week. ...

Can social media be used to make the world a better place? We believe it can. Mashable and (RED) invite you to join the social media for social good movement by taking part in Social Good Day on September 23. During UN Week, Mashable and 92Y will hos...

Today, December 1, is World AIDS Day, and companies such as Google, Facebook and Twitter are joining the (RED) campaign, raising awareness about AIDS in Africa. You may have noticed that the Twitter homepage has turned red in honor of the occasion, b...

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